Open Link Policy

Links are the heart of the World Wide Web. The ability to jump
between sites, bookmark pages, and go directly to a specific page
are part of the Web's core technology.

However, some publishers are trying to prevent others from
linking to otherwise public areas of their sites. The legal battle
over so-called "deep links" has just begun.

The Open Links Policy makes no judgment about the deep link
policies of others. Instead, we affirm the importance of linking on
the Web and explicitly permit deep links within our sites.

Member sites allow and encourage links to any public
page, so long as the linked page does not appear within a frame
that prevents bookmarking the linked page.

Member sites will not link to other sites within frames
without express permission from those sites unless there is a
clearly marked way to break out of the frame.

Member sites will attribute external links to clearly
indicate that they are on a separate web site.

Member sites respect content ownership and will not
knowingly plagiarize content from other sites. (Due to OpenContent Licensing and
contributors who freely distribute their original material to
multiple sites, material may occasionally appear on more than one
site.)

Member sites may reprint this policy on their servers. They
should also link to this page
<http://lowendmac.com/link.shtml>, which contains the latest
list of member sites.

Member sites may use the following art on their site and should
link it to this page.

If you wish to affirm the Open Link Policy for your site, please
email Dan Knight
so you
can be listed here.